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Universal 975:

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Universal 975:

Original
If there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, the forms (stems and affixes) of local cases of geographical names are more likely replaced than forms (stems and affixes) of local cases of common names.
Standardized
When there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, the forms (stems and affixes) of local cases of place names are more likely to be replaced than forms of local cases of common nouns.
Keywords
case, local case, place names, common noun, analogical change
Domain
morphology
Type
unconditional
Status
diachronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
Indo-European languages
Source
Maøczak 1958: 388, 396, Maøczak 1963: 22, Maøczak 1966: 101, Maøczak 1978: 55, Maøczak 1980: 284
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One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. Although the investigation is based only on Indo-European languages, the author assumes his generalisation to be valid for all languages (Maøczak 1963: 19; 1978: 57). Maøczak regards his investigation as different from Kury:owicz’s (especially Kury:owicz 1949; see Maøczak 1978). The universals of Kury:owicz and Maøczak are quite distinct from each other (see Best 1973: 61-107 and Anttila 1977: 76-80). 2. An implication?IF there is replacement of local cases of common nouns, THEN there is replacement of stems and affixes of local cases of place names.

    1. May 2020

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